After the Oregon Ducks won their game against the Washington State Cougars by a comfortable 62-38 score, defensive coordinator had some critical comments for the opposing head coach.

According to ESPN, Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti was not too keen on Washington State head coach Mike Leach's plan of continually throwing the ball with the game out of reach. Cougars quarterback Connor Halliday threw the ball 89 times despite entering the fourth quarter down 31 points.

"In the end he's still throwing at a time when most guys would try to end the game and go home," Aliotti told reporters after the game, referring to Leach.

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota threw the ball 32 times throughout the game, but the Ducks ran the ball a total of 44 times with a total of six different ball carriers. They accumulated 383 yards on the ground and 336 in the air. Comparatively, Halliday threw for 557 yards on 89 attempts, while the Cougars managed just two rushing yards on 12 attempts.

Halliday attempted 28 passes alone in the fourth quarter, but he said he knew he was going to have to throw the ball a lot of contend with the Ducks' high-powered offense.

"I knew going in, on about Monday of last week, that we were going to throw it a lot," Halliday said. "I mean, nobody ever thinks 89 is going to be the number."

Even after his QB attempted a record-setting 89 passes, Leach was proud of the way Halliday played and said not all of his four interceptions were his fault.

"I thought he kept battling in there," Leach said after the game. "Some of those picks he had some help. He got hit on one, and we dropped one and flicked it up to them."

Following Aliotti's comments, Leach told the Seattle Times via text message Sunday evening he did not care for the unwarranted criticism.

"I don't criticize other teams or coaches," Leach said in a text Sunday evening. "I focus on coaching my team."

The same evening, Aliotti issued an apology through the football team's website.

"The bottom line is, I'm sorry," Aliotti said in the statement. "I'm embarrassed that I got caught up in the moment after the game. There's no excuse, but sometimes right after the game the adrenaline is still flowing and I made a huge, human error in judgment. I wish I could take it back, and I promise it won't happen again."